"What's Down In The Well Comes Up In The Bucket"

Michael Kelley:

A friend recently told me that what’s down in the well comes up in the bucket. When we find ourselves spouting off in anger or gossip or slander it’s not because we were just caught up in the moment; it’s because that’s what down in our hearts. We are only showing off what’s been down in there the whole time:

“How can you speak good things when you are evil? For the mouth speaks from the overflow of the heart. A good man produces good things from his storeroom of good, and an evil man produces evil things from his storeroom of evil” (Matthew 12:34-35).

Today, if you want to do a little introspection, then don’t start with the heart; it might just be lying to you. Start with the tongue. Continue with the wallet. Then move onto the gospel where we will find the only true power to not change our words or our spending habits, but the heart that is behind them both.

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Books by Michael Kelley

• Transformational Discipleship: How People Really Grow 
• Boring: Finding an Extraordinary God in an Ordinary Life 
• Wednesdays were Pretty Normal: A Boy, Cancer, And God